More Than SAP

Quick update since I don’t have a lot of time lately. During my 2019 job hunting experience I made up a list of links and documents that I used in order to prepare my interviews. The following links contains information you can use for preparing yourself for an interview related to SAP Cloud Consultant or SAP Basis Consultant.

I wrote initially SAP Cloud Consultant since that was the title of several positions I applied but at the end of the day they were SAP Basis positions with some project managing / architect skills. There are a lot of links/documents that are basic knowledge on IT but it is always good to read again and refresh your knowledge. The picture I posted as featured image is from one of my study sessions while I was applying for multiple positions. I plan to write a post about job hunting in the US for SAP Basis positions with tips and tricks that you can follow.

Please feel free to ask me about the resources or send me more links if you want me to add them to the list.

Project Management

• Deriverables:
  • Project Deliverables 
• Work organization:
  • A Beginner-Friendly Guide to Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
• Stakeholders:
  • Six Ways To Manage Conflicts Between Stakeholders
  • Stakeholders
• Expectations:
  • How To Set Realistic Expectations For A Project
  • Setting realistic project expectations
• Business requirements:
  • Project Management: How to collect requirements for your project effectively?
  • Beginning at the end–requirements gathering lessons from a flowchart junkie
• Milestone or goals:
  • How to Use Milestones in Project Management
• Progress Tracking/reporting:
  • Project Management Reporting Types and Tips
  • How do you know the status of your project?
• Priorities and dependencies:
  • Project Priorities
  • Project dependencies
  • Understanding Task Dependencies in Project Management
• Project Trade-offs:
  • Project Trade Off – Scope, Time, Cost, Risk, Quality
  • Project Management Learning Series: Fast Tracking versus Crashing
• Contingency plans:
  • What is Contingency Plan in Project Management?
  • Contingency planning as a necessity
  • How to Make a Contingency Plan
• Risks:
  • Types of Risk in Project Management
  • The Risk Management Process in Project Management

Technical Aptitude

Basic documents

• https://github.com/FreemanZhang/system-design#networking
• Infrastructure Class

Public Cloud Migration Process and Considerations

• Preparing to Adopt the Cloud: A 10-Step Cloud Migration Checklist
• Migrating Applications to Public Cloud Services:Roadmap for SuccessVersion 2.0
• On-Premises to Cloud: AWS Migration in 5 Super Easy Steps
• AWS Migration Whitepaper
• Cloud Migration Assessment Framework
• Azure – Start your cloud migration process
• Definitive Strategy Guide to Cloud Migration + Checklist

Infrastructure fundamentals

• Introduction to IT Infrastructure

SAP Cloud

• SAP Cloud Foundry

SAP Fundamentals

• SAP R/3 Architecture Tutorial
• SAP Netweaver Architecture
• SAP PO/PI Architecture 
• SAP Fiori Architecture for S/4HANA
• SAP Fiori for S/4HANA Troubleshooting Tips and Tricks

SAP HANA

• SAP HANA Training Tutorials for Beginners
• SAP HANA Architecture Overview
• SAP HANA Database Architecture
• Database Migration Option for Software Update Manger (DMO)
• S/4HANA System Conversion
• Conversion Guide for SAP S/4HANA 1809
• DMO: downtime optimization by migrating app tables during uptime (preview)

Databases

• OLTP vs OLAP
• Database Fundamentals

Automation

• Top DevOps Interview Questions You Must Prepare In 2019
• Ansible Webinars

Networking

• Khan Academy
• UDP and TCP: Comparison of Transport Protocols
• TCP/IP and the OSI Model Explained!
• Packet Transmission across the Internet. Networking & TCP/IP tutorial.
• HTTP
• SSL and HTTPS
• SSL/TLS
• HTTP 2.0
• Video Series (21 videos)
• Subnetting Demystified – Part 5 CIDR Notation
• Top 100 Networking Interview Questions & Answers
• Network fundamentals by Cisco
• Computer Network Fundamentals

Storage

• Storage Basics
• NAS vs SAN – Network Attached Storage vs Storage Area Network
• IT in Three: Understanding Network Storage
• Storage Wars: File vs Block vs Object Storage

Cloud Technologies

• Azure – What is cloud computing
• Cloud for dummies
• Cloud computing: A complete guide
• Cloud Computing Tutorial for Beginners | Cloud Computing Explained | Cloud Computing | Simplilearn

Architecture Design

• Episode 06: Intro to Architecture and Systems Design Interviews
• Software Architecture Fundamentals Understanding the Basics
• IT Architecture Design Framework: ADMIT
• https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer
• System Design Cheatsheet
• Examples:
  • The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine
  • Operations at Twitter: Scaling Beyond 100 Million Users
  • What Powers Instagram: Hundreds of Instances, Dozens of Technologies